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espritv8gt
Joined: 29 Oct 2014
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Location: Arizona City, AZ
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 Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 2:00 am Post subject: Driving my 931 cross country |
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Decided to drive my recently acquired 81 931 from NY to Arizona.
Day 1 - 500+ miles and no problems
Day 2 - lost the drive belt. Alternator was loose from it's mounting bracket, wiggled around and eventually shredded the belt. Replaced belt, tightened everthing up, and back on my way.
Day 3 - 700 miles with no problems
Day 4 - 750 miles to home...wish me luck!
More to come (hopefully nothing too exciting)
Sam
'81 931 plasti dipped flat green (I'm calling it the Olive Wedge)
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Rasta Monsta
Joined: 12 Jul 2006
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Location: PacNW
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 2:18 am Post subject: |
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Nice, enjoy
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kcoyle
Joined: 15 Jan 2011
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Location: Long Island, NY
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 8:26 am Post subject: |
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Good to hear, have fun!
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emoore924
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:08 am Post subject: |
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Those durned alternator belts.
Only two kinds of 931, ones where the belt's come off and ones where the belts GONNA come off.
Watch those alternator bushings. They fail and make the alt pulley misalign with the plane on which the belt is riding. So keep an eye on that pulley as a tell-tale for the bushing problem.
Please let us know your progress and where you're planning on being in the next leg of your journey. Maybe someone here can help out if you get into trouble. |
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Nice ! Enjoy, these cars are such good GT cars.
This winter i'm taking my VW Passat for a 2000+ km trip and it already feels so weird just thinking that i'm going to be on a long trip and not in my 924.
Weird that you didnt see the alternator mounts going bad.
They should be pretty bad to fail like that.
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espritv8gt
Joined: 29 Oct 2014
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Location: Arizona City, AZ
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:51 am Post subject: |
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Made it home last night. 2600+ miles, 1 broken alternator belt, 1 tired driver. The car worked great - every new 931 owner should go for a nice long shakedown run like this  |
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Rasta Monsta
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+1, drove mine from Phoenix to Portland after buying sight unseen on EBay.
More proof that 931 owners all have a screw loose on some level!
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